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Ion
True.Socrates
Then will you or a charioteer be the better judge of whether Homer speaks well or not in the lines that you quoted?Ion
A charioteer.Socrates
Because, I suppose, you are a rhapsode and not a charioteer.Ion
Yes.Socrates
And the rhapsode's art is different from the charioteer's?Ion
Yes.Socrates
Then if it is different, it is also a knowledge of different things.Ion
Yes.Socrates
Now, what of the passage where Homer tells how Hecamede,
True.Socrates
Then will you or a charioteer be the better judge of whether Homer speaks well or not in the lines that you quoted?Ion
A charioteer.Socrates
Because, I suppose, you are a rhapsode and not a charioteer.Ion
Yes.Socrates
And the rhapsode's art is different from the charioteer's?Ion
Yes.Socrates
Then if it is different, it is also a knowledge of different things.Ion
Yes.Socrates
Now, what of the passage where Homer tells how Hecamede,